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The latest YNN/NY1-Marist Poll once again finds Gov. Andrew Cuomo with high job approval ratings — 58 percent — but finds voters views of the State Senate are trending down.

Twenty-two percent of the 760 New Yorkers surveyed said the state’s upper legislative chamber is doing an excellent or good job, down from 26 percent in January. Republicans have made hay about the basic functionality of the chamber under their leadership, which they contrast to a two-year stint in 2009-10 when Democrats narrowly held the Senate majority.

Is it resonating? Marist’s polling finds the approval rating for the Republican-controlled chamber is higher among Democrats, at 26 percent, than among Republicans, at 21 percent. Sixteen percent of self-identified Tea Party supporters give the Senate high marks, compared to 24 percent of self-identified liberals.

New York is a blue state when you break down the enrollments, so maybe there is traction to the idea that Republicans are appealing beyond their traditional base.

Scott Reif, a spokesman for Senate Republicans, said, “We don’t need a poll to confirm what our members are seeing in their districts and hearing from constituents all across this state, New Yorkers know that Senate Republicans, working with the governor, have brought spending and taxes under control, laid the foundation to create thousands of new jobs and are turning New York around.”

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